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Doll
A doll is a model of a human(often a baby), a humanoid (like
Bert and Ernie), an animal or a fictional character (like a
Troll or a Smurf), usually made of cloth or plastic Sometimes,
intended as keepsakes or collections for older children and
adults, it could be made in wood, porcelain, bisque, celluloid
or wax Some dolls are intended as
toys
for children, usually girls, to play with Others are for
decoration or have some cultural significance, possibly for use
in some ceremony or ritual, or as a physical representation of a
deity Archaeological evidence places dolls as foremost candidate
for oldest known toy, having been found in Egyptian tombs which
date to as early as 2000 BC The model is often a miniature, but
a baby doll may be of true size A large model of hard material
is called a statue A doll or animal model of soft material is
also called a
plush toy
or plushier Dolls are distinguished from action figures, which
are generally of plastic or semi metallic construction and pose
able to some extent, and exist largely for the purpose of
marketing the television shows or films which feature the
characters they are often modeled after Modern action figures,
such as Action Man, are often marketing towards boys, and dolls
towards girls
Source:
Wikipedia.org
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